Farm & Forest Summer Camp
July 2025
Kindness to nature, each other and ourselves!


Everyone Outside has teamed with the awesome folks at Fire Ring Farm & the Middlesex Land Trust to bring you a summer camp that offers kids ages 5-12 a chance to spend the day outside in nature following their passions, exploring and connecting with the natural world and learning about sustainable farming and land stewardship.
What do we do all day?
Each day, our campers spend time exploring the forest at Palmer-Taylor Preserve in small groups under the supervision of caring nature mentors and learning through purposeful play with hands-on nature connection games and activities. In a partnership with Middlesex Land Trust's volunteer foresters, our focus when in the Preserve is on invasive species identification & management and how we can help heal nature and keep it healthy! We also spend time each day engaging in hands-on agricultural activities to learn about farming healthy food with our farm team at Fire Ring Farm. Our camper to mentor ratio is 6:1 or better to ensure a nurturing, supportive environment.
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2025 Camp Information:
Camp location: Fire Ring Farm and the Middlesex Land Trust's Palmer-Taylor Preserve in Portland, CT
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Dates:
Session 1: July 7-11
Session 2: July 14-18
Session 3: July 21-25
Sign up for 1 session, or all 3!​
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Camp hours: 9:00am - 3:00pm.
​​Tuition:
$315-$395 (sliding scale*) per session - addl. scholarship available by application
If you cannot afford the sliding scale tuition options offered, you can apply for more financial aid when you register for camp.
*We ask families to please select the highest tuition option they can afford from our sliding scale. As you consider how much you can afford, remember that you can spread out your payments over multiple months after initial registration. The final payment is due 2 weeks before your child’s first day at camp.
Registration deposit/refunds: $15 of your tuition fee is non-refundable and is due at checkout in order to reserve your child’s spot at camp. You will be asked to read and agree to our refund policy as part of the registration process.
Financial Aid: We are committed to working to make this program accessible to everyone regardless of their financial situation. If needed, please apply for additional financial aid when you register. The amount of tuition reduction we are able to grant to our campers is limited. For more info, see our FAQ page.
Wait list: If a session you are interested in is full, please register to join the waitlist. People's plans change! We will notify you if a space opens up. If you accept this spot, you will be charged only for the $15 deposit at this time unless the first program fee payment deadline has already passed.
BIPOC acknowledgement: Everyone Outside offers a monetary BIPOC acknowledgement to those whose children identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color. To select this option, please enter the coupon code BIPOC at checkout and $50 will be deducted from your selected program fee. If you would like to read more about our decision to offer this, please click here.
If you have questions please see our FAQ page. If this does not answer your questions, please click here to fill out the contact us page.
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To see some pictures from previous summers, check out our camp blog post.



Registration:
Sprouts Camp
(ages 5-6)
Mud kitchen fun, woodland hikes, forest/stream play, woodland picnics, crafts, games and more!

Seedlings Camp
(ages 7-12)
Forest exploration/wanders, shelter/fairy house building, veggie planting/harvesting, forest/field games and more!

Teen Leadership Camp:
Teen Leadership Program
(ages 13-16)
Our Nature Mentor in Training (MiT) Program helps equip students (ages 13-16) to be better leaders and gives them a chance to be immersed in an outdoor agricultural and natural environment with their peers, learn about local ecology, agricultural science and leadership in a hands-on and student-led environment.
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If you are interested in receiving more information about any summer MiT programs we may be offering this year, please fill out the following form to express your interest and we will contact you as soon as this offering becomes available.

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